SATA/chipset drivers or GA-EP35C-DS3R (2.1) = useful under win7 x64???

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the crosspost, but I can't make up my mind about the best
forum to post to.

I have a PC with a GA-EP35C-DS3R (rev 2.1).
I just installed a win7 x64 pro OS on a partition.
Everything seems to run fine (no test done yet).

I'm a bit confused about the usefullness (that a word?) of two drivers:

- the CHipset driver (intel INF)
but I think it has to be installed. A confirmation will be welcome.

and

- the SATA driver
Knowing that I won't use the Raid functions,
Knowing that all the drivers on the gigabyte site are labelled "SATA Raid",
do I need to install them? Would I gain any performance compared to the
standard divers of microsoft?

Thanks a lot for your advice.

Huey

On Sat, 15 May 2010 19:10:41 +0200, Hueyduck
wrote:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the crosspost, but I can't make up my mind about the best
forum to post to.

I have a PC with a GA-EP35C-DS3R (rev 2.1).
I just installed a win7 x64 pro OS on a partition.
Everything seems to run fine (no test done yet).

I'm a bit confused about the usefullness (that a word?) of two drivers:

- the CHipset driver (intel INF)
but I think it has to be installed. A confirmation will be welcome.

Yes.


and

- the SATA driver
Knowing that I won't use the Raid functions,
Knowing that all the drivers on the gigabyte site are labelled "SATA Raid",
do I need to install them? Would I gain any performance compared to the
standard divers of microsoft?

Probably not.


Thanks a lot for your advice.

Huey

andy a écrit :
On Sat, 15 May 2010 19:10:41 +0200, Hueyduck
wrote:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the crosspost, but I can't make up my mind about the best
forum to post to.

I have a PC with a GA-EP35C-DS3R (rev 2.1).
I just installed a win7 x64 pro OS on a partition.
Everything seems to run fine (no test done yet).

I'm a bit confused about the usefullness (that a word?) of two drivers:

- the CHipset driver (intel INF)
but I think it has to be installed. A confirmation will be welcome.

Yes.
-
Thanks for answering.
I read the readme file of the latest INF, and it clearly states that
Win7 might already include the necessary driver.
Anyway , I launched the instller, rebooted, and nothing seems to have
changed. I don't even know how to check if the chipset is correctly
installed. What would I be looking for? I see no question marks in the
device panel control, that seem right for me

--
Merci pour ta réponse.
J'ai lu le fichier readme du dernier INF pour le chipset, et on y dit
clairement que WIn7 a probablement déjà installé les bon driver.
Quoi qu'il en soit, j'ai lancé l'installeur, redémarré, et rien ne
semble avoir changé.
Je ne saurais même pas comment savoir si le chipset est bien installé
(en regardant dans le gestionnarie de périph, j'imagine, mais que
suis-je supposé lire? Moi, tant que je n' vois aucun point
d'interrogation jaune, je ne m'inquiète pas...

Huey

On Sat, 15 May 2010 19:10:41 +0200, Hueyduck
wrote:

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the crosspost, but I can't make up my mind about the best
forum to post to.

I have a PC with a GA-EP35C-DS3R (rev 2.1).
I just installed a win7 x64 pro OS on a partition.
Everything seems to run fine (no test done yet).

I'm a bit confused about the usefullness (that a word?) of two drivers:

- the CHipset driver (intel INF)
but I think it has to be installed. A confirmation will be welcome.

and

- the SATA driver
Knowing that I won't use the Raid functions,
Knowing that all the drivers on the gigabyte site are labelled "SATA Raid",
do I need to install them? Would I gain any performance compared to the
standard divers of microsoft?


I have the very same motherboard, rev. 2A.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64. I use just the Microsoft sata drivers. It works
very well.

Bios is F4. Cpu: Core2 E8400.

The challenge with this motherboard was to get 4 stick of DDR2 memory
to boot. I run dual channel with 8 Gb: 2 sticks mushkin og 2 sticks
kingston, pc2 6400.

best regards

John

jk a écrit :


- the SATA driver
Knowing that I won't use the Raid functions,
Knowing that all the drivers on the gigabyte site are labelled "SATA Raid",
do I need to install them? Would I gain any performance compared to the
standard divers of microsoft?


I have the very same motherboard, rev. 2A.

Windows 7 Ultimate 64. I use just the Microsoft sata drivers. It works
very well.
-
Thx for the report.
That's reassuring.
-

Bios is F4. Cpu: Core2 E8400.

The challenge with this motherboard was to get 4 stick of DDR2 memory
to boot. I run dual channel with 8 Gb: 2 sticks mushkin og 2 sticks
kingston, pc2 6400.

-
Yeah, strange thing these memory issues. I had to change my first sticks
to another brand because I could set them to not produce errors in
MEMtest . I had quite a fawe frights and freezes with this issue.


Huey